Goonhub
04-17-2013, 01:42 PM
AI is one of those jobs that just isn't for everybody. Which is to say, I'm wondering if maybe I should write a separate wiki page that dictates how and why to not be supercop supreme shit AI, because I've been hearing all these horror stories about godawful AIs lately.
Borgs are really strong but literally all it takes to ruin them is stun weaponry and time. Now, as for borgs' behavior, again, I'd like to re-propose that page about how to actually behave beyond the direct context of the rules. I know not every player reads or is aware of the wiki (that opening sprawl of words when you connect should really link to the wiki at some point), but it'll probably help a bit.
Any non-shit AI will recognize the chain of command as basically, bottom to top:
Staff Assistants who are up to no good(all of them)->other jobs->Sec->all heads->Captain->HoS.
Obviously the staff assistants who you can tell are going to be hilarious about their actions take precedence over everyone else, though.
Hell, if you care so much I'll put on my batman costume, head down to my basement, and MSpaint up a new chart for the wiki that doesn't reference ten billion jobs that don't exist.
And if you have a situation where like 95% of the station has been blown up and vented to space and there's twelve changelings jumping around the ruins, but the AI won't call it because the only survivors are three assistants and a janitor, crouching in terror at escape, remind it of Law 1 and then adminhelp the fucker if he still won't do it. Not much you can do if its laws are gone though, apart from begging the player on the other end to have some goddamn human decency because it's been like 4 hours since we started the round now and no one remaining is dumb enough to touch doors, holy shit.
Borgs are really strong but literally all it takes to ruin them is stun weaponry and time. Now, as for borgs' behavior, again, I'd like to re-propose that page about how to actually behave beyond the direct context of the rules. I know not every player reads or is aware of the wiki (that opening sprawl of words when you connect should really link to the wiki at some point), but it'll probably help a bit.
Any non-shit AI will recognize the chain of command as basically, bottom to top:
Staff Assistants who are up to no good(all of them)->other jobs->Sec->all heads->Captain->HoS.
Obviously the staff assistants who you can tell are going to be hilarious about their actions take precedence over everyone else, though.
Hell, if you care so much I'll put on my batman costume, head down to my basement, and MSpaint up a new chart for the wiki that doesn't reference ten billion jobs that don't exist.
And if you have a situation where like 95% of the station has been blown up and vented to space and there's twelve changelings jumping around the ruins, but the AI won't call it because the only survivors are three assistants and a janitor, crouching in terror at escape, remind it of Law 1 and then adminhelp the fucker if he still won't do it. Not much you can do if its laws are gone though, apart from begging the player on the other end to have some goddamn human decency because it's been like 4 hours since we started the round now and no one remaining is dumb enough to touch doors, holy shit.